THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, February 2, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 149, 22 February 1939, Page 2

THE OPOTIKI NEWS Wednesday, February 2, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Light Fog Yesterday. Another fog was experienced in 0potiki yesterday morning. but this was a fairly light one. The togs have -probably been caused by the smoky at in ensphere.

Fitness Campaign, The .Mayer, Mr. G. S. Melody, has issued a request to all business people to show their sympathy for fitness week by closing their premises limn 1 to -l o’clock on Saturday afternoon.

Auctiont Sale. Headers are reminded •of the auction sale to lie conducted at the premises of Mbssrs. T. &. Johnstone and C'b. to-morrow. The whole of the firm’s stock and office equipment will he offered without reserve. The auctioneer will he Mr. C. Pipe. Yesterday’s Temperatures. t Blue skies were reported throughout tin- .North Island yesterday. Temperatures fit 9 o’clock in the morning were: Auckland and! Opotiki 03 degrees. Tauranga and Wellington Go, East Cape and Gisborne 66, and Napier 69. Police Court Charge. At the Opotiki Police Court yesterday morning before justices. Mr. V. E. Wilson was charged with being intoxicated! while in charge of a motor truck. On the application of the police, the case was adjourned until the monthly sitting of the Magistrate's Court.

Opening of Show. The OpotiTcT -V. and P. Association's annual show on Eriday last was officially opened: by the member for the district, Mir. A. G. Hultquist. who has had a -particularly strenuous time lately in attending to the needs of his electorate. Camping Crcund Popular.

Considerable use lias keen imuh <>i tin* Opotiki camping ground over dalasi fortnight and there has he on a noticeable iiKToa.se in the numbers using the ground. A noticeable feature has been that campers have been staying in the district-, whereas in the big holiday rush the ground was usually practically ■deserted early in the morning as overnight visitors passed on to other parts. Fires cn Hill Country. The hills throughout the district have been shrouded in a smoke haze, during the week and numerous small fires are still burning. Station-own-ers in the county aro taking advantage. of the dry spell to clear the hill country of fern and other rubbish and one or two fairly large tires were to hi' seen from the town yesterday, sending up a great volume of smoke. New Use for Honey. The increasing number of uses to which honey is being .put may be extended to ice cream manufacture. Atthe annual field day of the South Auckland branch of the National Beekeepers’ Association, held on the Cliutdeiland:; Showgrounds, ice cream sweetened' with honey was provided. The flavour was excellent and the ice cream was in no way different- in appearance from that made in the usual wa v.

Cisborne Water Shortage. Kvi'ii with a total restriction on the use of hoses in tile borough of Gisborne*'. the position in connection with the bomugii water supply !ms become .so serious that pumping from Maugapoike was commenced once more on .Monday. Aljiough numerous showers have iieen reported throughout- tiie Poverty Hay district-, the* water supply catchment area has received practically no* rain. The water from the Waipaoa river cannot hi- used at* present owing to its muddy condition. White Butterflies Numerous. In the earlier, part of the summer it appealed that Opotiki would escape the usual trouble experienced from the white butterfly pest. as • for a long time the huttcrllius were seen in only small numheres. However the warm and dry conditions have been favourable* to the increase of the post and ati the present time the countryside is swarming with them. Gardeners are having great difficulty in getting winter vegetables to get going as the caterpillars are making havoc with the young plants of cabbage and cauliflower.